Improved sad-iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHAS. J. MALLON, OF SCHOHARIE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED SAD-IRON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,570, dated May 8,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. J. MALLON, of Schoharie, in the county ofSchoharie and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Attaching Handles to Sad- Irons; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof',which wil-l enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' thisspecitication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my inven.-tion, with certain portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a view of the underside of the handle, showing the mode of attaching it to the standards orarms of the iron.

Similar letters `of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates to a novel mode ot' attaching the handle of asad-iron, which has suspended from it a shield for protecting the handagainst the heat radiating from the iron, to standards or arms securedto the body of the iron, whereby the handle and shield may be detachedfrom one iron and quickly attached to another, as will be presentlydescribed.

A designates the body of a sad-iron, which may be of any approved shapeor form. To the top of the iron A two metallic standards or arms, B B.are permanently secured, having a curve similar io the correspondingparts of an ordinary sad-iron.' The tops of these standards are bentover on a horizontal line,

. and then on a vertical line, as designated re- E is a button, which ispivoted at or near its center to the handle C, so as to be turnedparallel with or at angles to the handle C. The handle G, carrying theshield D, is applied by placing it down upon the bent-over portions c ofthe standards B, so that the two rods c c will pass down through theslots in the ends of the standards. The handle is then locked to thestandard by swinging around the button E, so that its two ends willpress against the under sides of ythe portionsI c a ot' the standards,and thus hold or clamp the handle C to the standards B.

I am aware that a patent was granted to P. D. Von Heesen on the 8th ofJanuary, 1861, for an improved sad-iron, where he used a `wooden shieldto protect the hand from the heat which radiates from the iron, saidshield being attached to a removable handle; but his means of attachingthe handle to the iron is entirely 4different from mine.

I do not, therefore, claim the use ot' a shield or of a detachablehandle; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'- 1. Attaching the handle G, carrying a suspended shield, to thestandard B by means of the button E, pivoted to the under side thereof,in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination and arrangement of the handle C, standards B, armsc,button E, shield D, and body A, constructed and operating in themanner and for the purpose herein specilied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 23d day ofJanuary, 1866.

G. J. MALLON.

Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, ALEX. F. BoBER'Is.

